Hay-loader.



M. G. HARRIS, N. P. RASMUSSON & W. G. INGLETHRON. HAY LOADER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT.20, 1911. 1,086,597. I

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Patented Feb. 10, 1914.

M. G. HARRIS, N. P. RASMUSSON & W. G. INGLETHRON.

HAY LOADER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 20, 1911.

Patented Feb. 10, 1914.

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APPLICATION IILED SEPT-.20, 1911.

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IVIYBON G. HARRIS, NEILS P. EASMUSSGN AND WILLIAM C. INGLETHRON, OF CEDAR FALLS, IOWA, ASSIGNOBS TO HARRIS & COLE BROS., OE CEDAR FALLS, IG'WA, A

CORPORATION OF IOWA.

HAY-LOADER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 20, 1911.

Patented Feb. ltd, 1914:. Serial No. 650,401.

T 0 all whom it may concern.

Be it known that we, MrnoN G. HnnRIs, lZniLs P. Rasmussen, and W ILLIAM C. IncLn'rnRoN, citizens of the United States, residing at Cedar Falls, in the State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful linprovemonts in Ilay-Loaders; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

T his invention relates particularly to that type of hay loader wherein the truck which carries the loader mechanism is adapted to be hitched behind a wagon, and, under forward movement of the wagon, will pick up the hay or loose grain and deliver the same into the wagon.

The invention has for its object to gen erally improve the construction and operation of loaders of this type, and, generally stated, it consists of the novel devices and combinations of devices hereinafter described and defined in the claims. 7

The improved loader is illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein like char acters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is a plan view showing the complete loader; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the loader; Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the machine; Fig. 4: is a detail in section taken on the line a ai of Fig. 2; Fig. 5 is a detail in section taken on the line 50 00 of Fig. 1, some parts being broken away; Fig. 6 is a detail in section taken approximately on the line in an of Fig. 2; Fig. 7 is a detail in vertical section taken on the line a a of Fig. 1, some parts being broken away; Fig. 8 is a detail in section on the line :0 a of Fig. 2, some parts being broken away; and Fig. 9 is a fragmentary view corresponding to Fig. 4- but illustrating a slightly modified construction. Fig. 10 is a plan view of one of the connecting rods.

The framework of the machine is made chiefly of an inclined slatted deck 1, side brackets 2, and a cross tie This frame is carried by relatively large traction wheels at and small idle rear wheels 5. The traction wheels d are rigidly secured to a heavy trans verse driving axle (i that is journaled in suitable bearings in the rear portions of the side brackets 2. The wheels 5 are journaled to the lower end of arms 7, which, shown, are rigidly but adjustably secured to the lower side portions of the inclined deck 1, by means of bolts 8, working through slots of the said arms. at its upper delivery end, the slatted deck 1 is provided with a hinged segmental section 1 that is capable of vertical adjustments, as shown, by means of a ratchet bar 9 pivoted thereto, and engageable with a yoke 10, rigidly secured to the under side of the deck 1.

The loader is adapted to be hitched to the rear portion of a wagon or hay rack, and for this purpose, is provided with a rearwardly diverging draft bar 11, the rear ends of which are loosely pivoted on the axle 6.

Both the main inclined deck 1 and itssuppleincntal section 1 are provided with the customary upwardly projecting side boards for preventing hay or grain from running over the sides thereof.

The improved machine is adapted to pick up the hay or loose grain from the ground. The hay or loose grain is then carried upward over the inclined deck, by means of vibratory rake bars 112 that are arranged in two sets or series, with the members of the one side alternated in respect to the other, and means is provided for simultaneously oscillating two sets of bars in longitudinal reverse directions so that the continuously acting feed device is ail'orded. One set of these rake bars is connected to a transverse tie bar 15 and the other set is connected to a similar transverse tie bar The connection between the said rake bars 12 and tie bars 13 13 is preferably made by spring metal straps 14 that are inclined in respect to the plane of the deck 1 and to the operative planes of the said rake bars, so that a yielding connection between the said rake bars and tie bars is afforded.

At their upper ends, the rake bars 12 are provided with guide yokes 15 that extend over and loosely embrace a tnnsverse guide rod 16, rigidly connected to the sides of the upper portion of the inclinet'. deck 1, by means of arms 17'. These yokes 1:3 and guide rods 16 are secured to the upper ends of the rake bars with freedom for a consider able range of movement toward and away from the upper portion the inclined deck 1. The yokes 1.5, while they guide the upper ends of the bars 12, permit such lat-- eral movements thereof, as may be required to cause the said bars to adapt themselves to the'varying thickness of the hay or grain which is fed upward over the deck 1.

At the extreme lower ends, the rake bars 12 are provided with toothed rake heads shown as made up of transverse bars 18 and spring tines 19 applied thereto. The outer pair of tines 19 are shown as passed through perforations in the bars 18, but the central pair of tines are shown as provided with intermediateconnection portion 19 that op erates as a spring and bears against the extreme end of the cooperating bar'12. These rake headsare, therefore, mounted so that they will yield whenthe rake bars are forced toward the ground, and they serve as the gathering membersor rakes of the bars for directly picking the hay'or loose grain from the ground, all of which will hereinafter more fully appear. At suitable intervals along their under surfaces, the said rake bars 12 are provided with rake teeth 20, shown as formed in pairs and pivotallyconnected to the said bars by staples 21 so that the said teeth are operative under upward movements of the rake bars but turn freely backward under downward movement of the said rake bars.

The rake tie bar 13 is provided with downwardly extended arms 22, while the ends of the rake tie bar 13 are provided with forwardly and downwardly extended arms 23. The arms 22 are located considerably farther outward than the arms 23. The arms 22 work on the outer sides and the arms 23 on the inner sides of cam heads or plates 24, which are rigidly secured to the lower ends of the sides of the plat-form 1. Both in their inner and outer faces, the cam plates 24: are recessed or otherwise constructed so that they are formed with connected cam surfaces 25, 26 and 27. These cam surfaces are in approximately triangular relation in respect to each other. Located in each recess, or for cooperation with each of the said sets of cam surfaces 25, 26 and 27, is an approximately triangular cam acting switch plate 28. These switch plates 28 are normally yieldingly held in the position shown in Fig. 2, either by the action of gravity or by a spring. The arms 22 of the rake tie bar 13 are provided at their lower ends with inwardly projecting studs 29 that are preferably equipped with rollers. Likewise, the arms 23 of the rake tie bar 13 is provided with outwardly projecting studs 30 that are preferably roller-equipped. The roller-equipped studs 29 cooperate with the outer cam surfaces 25, 26 and 27 and outer switch plates 28, while the rollers 30, likewise, cooperate with the inner cam surfaces 25, 26 and 27 and inner switch plates 28. The cam surface 25, it is important to note, extends horizontally or parallel to the ground. The purpose of this and the operation of the cam surfaces above noted will be made clear in the description of the operation.

The arms 22 of the rake tie bar 13 are connected to the upper ends of the operating rake operating levers 31, by means of connecting rods 32. These connecting rods 32 are preferably made longitudinally adjustable by threading one end of each rod 32- and engaging the threaded ends thereof with bifurcated heads 32 which, as shown, are directly pivoted to the upper ends of the said levers 31, the lower ends of the said rods 32 being provided with fixed bifurcated heads that are pivotally connected to the arms 22. It is evident that the said adjustable connecting rods will maintain any adjustment in which they are set. The arms 23 of the rake tie bars 13 are connected to the up )er ends of the rake o aeratin levers 33, by means of connecting rods 3% which preferably are of the same construction as the rods 32, except that they are shorter. It will thus be seen that the levers 31 and 33 are arranged. in pairs at the opposite sides of the machine with the said levers 31 out ward of the said levers 33. At their lower ends, the levers 31 and 33 are pivoted to bearings 35 rigidly secured to the rear lower portions of the frame brackets 2. Guide straps 36 on the sides of the inclined deck 1, hold the upper portion of the levers 31 and 33 against too great lateral displacement. The levers 31 and 33 are given approximately simultaneous movements in reverse directions, by cam acting crank devices carried by the driving axle 6, and which devices may take various forms but, as preferably constructed, include disk-like wheels 37 secured to the extreme ends of the axle 6 and working between the adjacent levers 31 and 33.

The so-called cam wheels 37 are provided on their outer faces with diametrically opposite cam studs or pins 38, and on their inner faces, they are provided with similar diametrically opposite cam studs or pins 39, which pairs of cam studs are set about ninety degrees, the one ahead of the other. The said cam studs 38 and 39 impart upward movements to the levers 31 and 33, respectively, by engagement with cam surfaces 10 of the said levers, and they operate with gravity, but to insure downward movements of the said levers, they engage, respectively, with curved cam flanges 41 that have lateral off-set arms 42 rigidly secured to the said levers.

The operation of the machine is substan tially as follows: Under forward movement of the machine, in the direction of the arrow marked on Fig. 2, the laterally spaceo pair of levers 31 and 33 will be vibrated in alternate order, that is, the one pair will be moved upward while the other pair is being moved downward, and this, as is evident, imparts alternate reciprocating movements to the two sets of the rake bars 12. The upward movements of the rake bars is, as already indicated, caused by engagement of the cam studs 38 and 39 with the cam surfaces 40 of the levers 3133, and the reverse or downward movements, which tend to take place under action of gravity are insured by engagement of the said cam studs with the am flanges 41 of the said levers. Also, it will be noted, that each set of rake bars will be given two complete oscillations under each rotation of the traction wheels at. The action of both sets of cum devices 25, 26, 27, anc 28 on the rake bars is identical, hence, a detailed description of one, thereof, will suffice for both. lVhcn, for instance, the rake tie bar 13 is moved downward, the cam studs 30 of its arm 22 will ride over the pivoted switch plates 28 and the rake heads 19 at the lower ends of the rake bars 12 will be raised and moved over the hay or loose grain that is to be picked up. When the said cam studs 30 reach the rear extremities of the cam surfaces 27, they drop into engagement with the horizontal cam surfaces 25, and when the forward movement of the said rake bars takes place, the said cam studs will move horizontally forward along the said cam ways and thus move the points of the rake heads 15) horizontally over the ground and thereby insure the picking up of a full load and clean raking of the ground. Then when the said cam studs move up the in clined runways 26, the rake teeth will deliver the hay onto the receiving end of the inclined deck 1, and the alternately acting rake bars will. continue the upward move ment of the hay or loose grain to the upper end of "he said deck where it will be discharged over the adjustable deck section l onto the rack. When the rake bars are moved downward the rollers 00 will move over the switch plates 28 and the rake bars will be raised at their lower ends and carried over the hay next to be picked up thereby. The cam studs 38 and 39, when engaging the cam flanges ll, operate upon the levers 31 at points closer to their pivots than when engaging the flange 4110, and hence, downward movements of the rake bars will be much more rapid than the upward movements thereof. While the movements of the two sets-of rake bars are alternate, nevertheless, the cam studs 38 operate upon the cam surfaces 40 of the lovers 01 for such length of time that the extreme downward movements of one set of rake bars will take place while the other set of ake bars are being given their final, or last portion of their upward movement. Hence, the initial downward movement of the one set of rake bars of rake bars are moving upward, and this facilitates the transfer of the hay from the teeth of the one set of rakes to the teeth of the other set of rakes. More particularly stated, the downward movement along the camway 27 and the forward movement along the horizontal cainway 25 take place up proximately while the other set of rakes is passing up its incline 26, and, for approximately one-third of the time required for movement around the complete course or camway, both sets of rakes move upward together. This insures rapid delivcryof the hay or grain oil from the deck, and prevents the hay from clogging on the deck. The horizontal runways or tracks 23 are of such forward and rearward extent, and the time of movements of the levers are such, that when the rake heads 19 of the one set of rake bars are engaged with the ground, they will engage the ground at points on a transverse line at least as far back the t "ansverse line from which the rake heads 19 of the other set of rake bars are picked from the ground. This produces a continuous raking action on the ground on which there are no gaps or spaces covered with hay which are shipped or jumped over by the rake heads. This, as is obvious, is important, because it insures clean raking of the ground. The longitudinal adjustments of the connecting rods 32-34: make it an easy matter to properly set the rake bars in re spect to the levers ill--33, and to the endless runways or tracks in which the rollers 29 and 30 travel, as above described. Adjustments for the proper travel or extent of runway movements of the rake bars is, as shown, arranged for by providing the levers 3l-33 in their free ends with several longitudinally spaced perforations 423, to which the cooperating rods may be pivotally connected.

The device, while especially designed and particularly adapted for use as a hay loader, is, nevertheless, not only capable of use, but highly efiicient in its use as a machine for picking up any and all kinds of loose grain, or straw, from the groui'id, and lading the same into a wagon or onto a rack.

\Vhat we claim is:

1. In a. machine of the kind dcsm-il'ied, the combination with a truck and movable rake bars carried thereby, of means for reciprocating said rake bars, comprising guides carried by said triilck and coiiperaling guide controlled elements carried by said rake bars, said guides having horizontal straight line portions serving to move the heads of said rake bars horizontally over the ground.

2. In a machine of the kind described, the combination with a truck and movable rake bars carried thereby, of means for reciprm will always take place while the other set eating said rake bars, comprising guides carried by said truck and cooperating guide controlled elements carried by said rake bars, said guides having horizontal straight line portions serving to move the heads of said rake bars horizontally over the ground, and said guides having pivoted switch plates operating substantially as described.

3. In a leader of the kind described, the combination with an inclined deck and cooperating toothed rake bars connected in sets and having studs, of means for reciprocating said rake bars, and endless runways and cooperating switch plates having approximately horizontal straight line portions arranged for action on said studs, to move the lower ends or heads of said rake bars horizontally over the ground, thence upvard, and thence downward with a move ment away from said deck into reengage ment with the ground.

t. In a loader of the kind described, the combination with a truck having traction wheels and an inclined deck, of endless runways and cooperating switch plates carried by the lower portions of said deck and both having approximately horizontal straight line portions, rake bars connected in two sets and working over said deck, said two sets of rake bars having laterally spaced arms with cam studs guided by the cooperating runways and switch plates, and connections between said traetion wheels and said two sets of rake bars for reciprocating said two sets of rake bars in alternate order.

5. In a loader of the kind described, the combination with a truck having traction wheels and an inclined deck, of endless run ways and cooperating switch plates carried by the lower portions of said deck and both having approximately horizontal straight portions, rake bars connected in two sets and working over said deck, said two sets of rake bars having laterally spaced arms with cam studs guided by the cooperating run ways and switch plates,'wheels having cam studs driven by said traction wheels, levers guided by said cam studs, and rods connecting said levers to the said two sets of rake bars.

6. In a loader ot' the kind described, the combination with a truck having traction wheels and an inclined deck, of endless runw ys and cooperating switch plates carried by the lower portions of said deck and both having approximately horizontal straight line portions, rake bars connected in two sets and working over said deck, said two sets of rake bars having laterally spaced arms with cam studs guided by the cooperating runways and switch plates, connections actuated by said traction wheels for reciprocating said two sets of rake bars in alternate order, wheels having cam studs driven from said traction wheels, pivoted levers carried by said truck, and rods connecting the said levers to the two sets of rake bars, the said levers having cam surfaces and retracting flanges guided by some of the said cam studs, substantially as described.

7. In a loader of the kind described, the combination with a truck having traction wheels and an inclined deck, of endless run ways and cooperating switch plates carried by the lower portions of said deck and both having approximately horizontal straight line portions, rake bars connected in two sets and working over said deck, said two sets of rake bars having laterally spaced arms with cam studs guided by the cooperating runways and switch plates, connections between said traction wheels and said two sets of rake bars for reciprocating said two sets of rake bars in alternate order, independently connected inner and outer pivoted levers carried by saic truck and independently connected to said two sets of rake bars, and cam wheels carried by said trac tion wheels and having inner and outer cam studs located circumterentially, one ahead of the other, and alternately engageable with the ground surface, respectively, of said inner and outer levers, substantially as described.

8. In a loader of the kind descdbed, the combination with a track having traction wheels and an inclined deck, of endless runways and cooperating switch plates carried by the lower portions of said deck and both having approximately horizontal straight line portions, rake bars connected in two sets and working over said deck, said two sets of rake bars having laterally spaced arms with cam studs guided by the cooperating runways and switch plates, connect-ions be tween said traction wheels and said two sets of rake bars for reciprocating said two sets of rake bars in alternate order, inner and outer pairs of pivoted levers carried by said truck and independently connected to the said two sets of rake bars, said levers having cam surfaces and retracting flanges, and cam wheels carried by said truck wheels and provided with diametrically opposite inner and outer cam studs alternately engageable in succession with the cam surfaces of retracting flanges of said levers, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we allix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

MYRON G. HA s-RIS. NEILS P. Rl LSB IUSSON. IVILLIAM C. INGLETHRON.

lVitnesses EARLE L. BROWN, EARL V5 GRANGER.

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